Course: ECOMP-6102 Assessment and Technology

Teacher: Marcia Kessler

Term: Summer 2006

Course Description:

This course investigates the use of technology in conducting and transforming assessment practices. Participants will learn about technologies that support both formal and alternative/authentic assessments including: tests, portfolios, observation tools, self-assessments, and whole class assessments. The roles of assessment in student learning and for meeting an educational organization's needs will be explored. Participants will design balanced assessment programs that both prove and improve student achievement, and will use multiple methods to evaluate appropriate uses of instructional technology in schools.

Portfolio Artifacts:

note - this course culminated in an online portfolio so several of these artifacts are pdfs created from the web pages in the e-portfolio

Course Reflection:

The final course reflection that was part of the final portfolio for the course is above. One of the activities that sticks with me from this course was the use of Turnitin.com. We had to write a research paper and then the following week we submitted it to Turnitin.com and worked with the results. The discussion forum that followed was fascinating and this was one of the most interesting discussions I participated in. Dealing with students on the topics of plagiarism and citations is an important topic and it helped to hear many perspectives. It's a great learning experience when discussions go well and I got a lot of information from others' experiences and opinions.

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